Domineered

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Domineer \Dom`i*neer"\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Domineered};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Domineering}.] [F. dominer, L. dominari: cf.
     OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See {Dominate}, v. t.]
     To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master;
     to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with
     conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as,


     to domineer over dependents.
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           Go to the feast, revel and domineer.     --Shak.
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           His wishes tend abroad to roam,
           And hers to domineer at home.            --Prior.
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